Nuisance for passengers as PM, Maryam fly back

Author: Agencies

A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight carrying Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz caused inconvenience to the airline and hundreds of passengers.

According to a media reports, PM Shehbaz and Maryam Nawaz returned to Pakistan via PIA flight PK-842 from Jeddah after performing Umrah in Saudi Arabia. As per airline sources, the PIA flight from Jeddah reached Lahore instead of Islamabad. Earlier, the plane took off two hours late from Jeddah airport.

The flight PK-842 from Jeddah to Islamabad was carrying 380 passengers, including those bound for Islamabad and KP, who protested while being stranded in Lahore. The passengers insisted that they should be allowed to disembark and expressed desire to go to Islamabad by bus or train.

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